Race and the making of American liberalism
By: Carol A. Horton.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford, England; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Racism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History; Social classes -- Political aspects -- United States -- History; Liberalism -- United States -- History; Civil rights -- United States -- History; United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History; United States -- Politics and government; United States -- Social conditions
Description: "Race, Carol Horton claims, has been instrumental in creating some of the nation's most radically democratic forms of liberal politics. Movements for racial justice have led to the inclusion of the disenfranchised, an emphasis on socioeconomic equity, and, more recently, the promotion of cultural diversity. At the same time, racial politics have also ensured that relatively inequitable forms of liberalism flourish in the United States, including mainstream support for tremendously unequal distributions of wealth, power, and status."

"In contrast to accounts that cast liberalism as either a liberating or oppressive historical force, Race and the Making of American Liberalism demonstrates that liberalism has served both to support and oppose racial hierarchy, as well as socioeconomic equity more broadly. Correspondingly, Horton argues that race represents a flexible social category that has encompassed competing conceptions of racial justice, class relations, and civic equality."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : race and American liberalism; title: Anti-caste liberalism; title: Darwinian liberalism; title: Race and the emancipation of labor; title: Inequality and white supremacy; title: Postwar liberalism; title: Race, class, and the civil rights movement; title: The broken promise of liberal revolution; title: The conservative movement; title: Conclusion : the impasse of progressive liberalism.